Phoinix
Phoinix ( Φοῖνιξ , Latin Phoenix ) is:
in ancient geography:
- City in Lycia, today Finike in Turkey
- Phoinix (Karien) , place and mountain in Karien, near today's Fenaket on Karayüksek Dağı in the southwest of Marmaris
- Phoinix (Crete) , place on the southwest coast of Crete near today's Loutro
- Phoinix (Sicily) , place in Sicily, near today's Savoca
- Phoinix (Malis) , river in Malis
- Phoinix (Thessaly) , river in Thessaly
- Phoinix (Achaia) , small river in Achaia
in Greek mythology:
- Phoinix (son of Amyntor) , tutor of Achilles
- Phoinix (son of Agenor) , son of Telephassa, brother or father of Europa, eponym of the Phoenicians
- a bird that burns and rises from its ashes, see phoenix (mythology)
Name of a person:
- Phoinix (Diadoche) (4th century BC)
- Phoinix of Colophon , ancient Greek writer
Also:
- (4543) Phoinix , an asteroid
- the first modern Greek currency, see phoenix (currency)
See also:
